September 2013 Update from TDI

Who is in charge of ending ALS?

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09/01/2013
By: Dr. Steve Perrin

Dear ALS Community Member,

You are in charge. This fight is yours and you are leading it through your support of ALS TDI. For the last 9 years, we have brought together scientists and executives from academia, pharma, biotech, government and venture to speak directly with you about the effort to discover and develop effective treatments for ALS patients today. This event, the Leadership Summit, will take place October 3 in Boston. I strongly encourage you to be there with us as we report on not just progress but have a frank and open discussion about how we are going to go faster.

Joining me to present progress and thoughts to you that day include: Robert Beall (CFF), Steve Finkbeiner (UCSF), Aaron Gitler (Stanford), Mike Gold (UCB), Amelie Gubitz (NINDS),Philip Reilly (Third Rock Ventures), and Willem van Weperen(to-bbb). And to be clear, unlike other ALS organizations, there is never a cost to attend this event nor is it invitation only. If you have a stake in seeing ALS beat, you are welcome.

Finally, I want to take a moment to recognize the work done by hundreds of families like yours this year to raise funds to advance drug development at the ALS Therapy Development Institute. You can find more information about some additional fundraising events, including Ales for ALS™ and the White Coat Affair gala below.

Sincerely,

Steve Perrin, Ph.D.
CEO & CSO
ALS Therapy Development Institute

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Michael (PALS) and Team Mustangs raised over $125,000 at this year's ALS Bike Trek MN for ALS research.Join them!

The 9th annual Leadership Summit will be held on Thursday, October 3rd at the Westin Copley Place Hotel. Click here to see the presenters and panelists recently added!

The 2013 Leadership Award recipients have been announced!Click here to see who we're honoring this year!

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ALS Community

The 3rd annual A White Coat Affair gala will be held on Friday, October 4th at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston. Join us for an evening of drinks, dinner, and dancing, with all proceeds going directly to fund research at ALS TDI. Click here to buy your tickets today!

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